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I'm typing this on a commodity laptop - I don't even remember the model number. In a year it will be in the trash. It will never be as cool as my VIC-20 or Apple 2+, which I still have more than 30 years later.

I suspect the protocol for doing this in the US is less well defined, and you might actually occasionally get an honest cop who is genuinely offended.

Trying to bribe a cop in the U.S. is more likely to land you in jail than whatever act you were committing to start with. Even if I thought handing over a $100 bill with my license might get me out of a speeding ticket, I'd never try it.

The only thing you get from Android app updates is more ads. I let it update my kitchen timer app. The new version was the same as the old one but came with fucking banner ads. So I've learned to never, ever update anything on my phone.

But that's not as bad as Google who pushed a Chrome update that removed the buttons from the scrollbar. I guess nobody at Google has ever used a touch pad.

Evolution is taught in U.S. schools. Once in a while some gray haired old man in some podunk backwoods county tries to change that and makes us all look bad. So don't believe everything you read on Slashdot.

Here on the east coast, water quantity is just not an issue. Agriculture depends mainly on rainwater - of which there is plenty - and residential use will never deplete the groundwater. Quality is the problem. With every residential well comes a septic system and a drain field. The more densely populated areas that still aren't serviced by public utilities are ending up with contaminated wells.

hduff (570443) writes "Look at almost any current Slashdot story and see loyal, long-time members rail against the new site design, willing to burn precious karma points to post off-topic rants against the new design and it being forced on users by the Dice Overlords. Discussion has begun to create an alternate site."Link to Original Source

An anonymous reader writes "On February 5, 2014, Slashdot announced through a javascript popup that they are starting to "move in to" the new Slashdot Beta design.

Slashdot Beta is a trend-following attempt to give Slashdot a fresh look, an approach that has led to less space for text and an abandonment of the traditional Slashdot look. Much worse than that, Slashdot Beta fundamentally breaks the classic Slashdot discussion and moderation system.

If you haven't seen Slashdot Beta already, open this in a new tab. After seeing that, click here to return to classic Slashdot.

We should boycott stories and only discuss the abomination that is Slashdot Beta until Dice abandons the project.We should boycott slashdot entirely during the week of Feb 10 to Feb 17 as part of the wider slashcott

An anonymous reader writes "Slashdot users flame all site stories with comments about the sites forced switching over to Beta version. The comments are relentless, calling for a ban of the site from Feb 10 to Feb 17. The following post is being made in every story comment:On February 5, 2014, Slashdot announced through a javascript popup that they are starting to "move in to" the new Slashdot Beta design.Slashdot Beta is a trend-following attempt to give Slashdot a fresh look, an approach that has led to less space for text and an abandonment of the traditional Slashdot look. Much worse than that, Slashdot Beta fundamentally breaks the classic Slashdot discussion and moderation system.If you haven't seen Slashdot Beta already, open this [slashdot.org] in a new tab. After seeing that, click here [slashdot.org] to return to classic Slashdot.We should boycott stories and only discuss the abomination that is Slashdot Beta until Dice abandons the project.We should boycott slashdot entirely during the week of Feb 10 to Feb 17 as part of the wider slashcott [slashdot.org]Moderators — only spend mod points on comments that discuss BetaCommentors — only discuss Betahttp://slashdot.org/recent [slashdot.org] — Vote up the Fuck Beta storiesKeep this up for a few days and we may finally get the PHBs attention.Captcha: fuckbeta"